Question 1

Which specialty of Linguistic Anthropology focuses on the analysis of different parts within a single language?

Accepted Answer

A) ethnolinguistics 
B) historical linguistics 
C) sociolinguistics 
D) descriptive linguistics 
E) scientific linguistics 
A) ethnolinguistics 
B) historical linguistics 
C) sociolinguistics 
D) descriptive linguistics 
E) scientific linguistics

Question 2

What are the various ways that culture is manifested in language?

Accepted Answer

Culture is manifested in language in var

Question 3

People constantly create new words and sentences in any human language.This is known as displacement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The study of facial expressions is part of:

Accepted Answer

A) proxemics. 
B) kinesics. 
C) chronemics. 
D) displacement. 
E) haptics. 
A) proxemics. 
B) kinesics. 
C) chronemics. 
D) displacement. 
E) haptics.

Question 5

All of the following characterize AAEV except:

Accepted Answer

A) full forms of auxiliaries. 
B) optional copula deletion. 
C) negative concord. 
D) negative inversion. 
E) variable "be." 
A) full forms of auxiliaries. 
B) optional copula deletion. 
C) negative concord. 
D) negative inversion. 
E) variable "be."

Question 6

Discuss how language is alike and different cross-culturally.

Accepted Answer

Language is a fundamental aspect of huma

Question 7

Human infants have the biological ability to make all the sounds of all human languages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Western technical languages are more sophisticated than indigenous languages because they serve a larger population of people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Proxemics is the study of cultural understandings of time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Animal call systems have as many as _______ sounds.

Accepted Answer

A) 45 
B) 60 
C) 20 
D) 100 
E) 80 
A) 45 
B) 60 
C) 20 
D) 100 
E) 80

Question 11

The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis argues that:

Accepted Answer

A) all human language is similar because our brains are structured similarly. 
B) language conditions our perception of reality. 
C) language is a structural prison through which we much accommodate our individual selves. 
D) culture determines the type of language that we speak. 
E) language occurs beyond the human species. 
A) all human language is similar because our brains are structured similarly. 
B) language conditions our perception of reality. 
C) language is a structural prison through which we much accommodate our individual selves. 
D) culture determines the type of language that we speak. 
E) language occurs beyond the human species.

Question 12

Humans often identify other people by means of their speech patterns.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

"Dog" is composed of how many morphemes?

Accepted Answer

A) one 
B) two 
C) three 
D) four 
E) zero 
A) one 
B) two 
C) three 
D) four 
E) zero

Question 14

Nonverbal communication includes all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) fossils. 
B) kinesics. 
C) chronemics. 
D) artifacts. 
E) haptics. 
A) fossils. 
B) kinesics. 
C) chronemics. 
D) artifacts. 
E) haptics.

Question 15

What is the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

It is a hypothesis that argues

Question 16

Animal vocalizations are referred to as _______________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Animal vocalizations are referred to as _______________....

Question 17

All of the following forces cause linguistic diversity to diminish over time except:

Accepted Answer

A) nation-states insisting that all official business be conducted in an official language. 
B) media exposure becoming global. 
C) languages and language communities tending to change constantly. 
D) global trade favoring very specific languages. 
E) immigrants abandoning their languages in order to adapt socially. 
A) nation-states insisting that all official business be conducted in an official language. 
B) media exposure becoming global. 
C) languages and language communities tending to change constantly. 
D) global trade favoring very specific languages. 
E) immigrants abandoning their languages in order to adapt socially.

Question 18

What other name is used to refer to AAEV today?

Accepted Answer

A) African dialect 
B) standard English 
C) Ebonics 
D) rural English 
E) Labovian dialect 
A) African dialect 
B) standard English 
C) Ebonics 
D) rural English 
E) Labovian dialect

Question 19

Which of the following is not commonly considered a subsystem of all languages?

Accepted Answer

A) semantics 
B) morphology 
C) chronology 
D) phonology 
E) syntax 
A) semantics 
B) morphology 
C) chronology 
D) phonology 
E) syntax

Question 20

What is a pidgin language?

Accepted Answer

A) It is an animal language and was probably the basis for origin of human language. 
B) It is an artificial language that is not spoken,only written. 
C) It is the primary language of people who live in a hierarchical society and are oppressed by a more dominant language. 
D) It is a language that combines features of two or more original languages that came into contact historically. 
E) It is a dialect of another language. 
A) It is an animal language and was probably the basis for origin of human language. 
B) It is an artificial language that is not spoken,only written. 
C) It is the primary language of people who live in a hierarchical society and are oppressed by a more dominant language. 
D) It is a language that combines features of two or more original languages that came into contact historically. 
E) It is a dialect of another language.

Which specialty of Linguistic Anthropology focuses on the analysis of different parts within a single language?

What are the various ways that culture is manifested in language?

People constantly create new words and sentences in any human language.This is known as displacement.

The study of facial expressions is part of:

All of the following characterize AAEV except:

Discuss how language is alike and different cross-culturally.

Human infants have the biological ability to make all the sounds of all human languages.

Western technical languages are more sophisticated than indigenous languages because they serve a larger population of people.

Proxemics is the study of cultural understandings of time.

Animal call systems have as many as _______ sounds.

The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis argues that:

Humans often identify other people by means of their speech patterns.

"Dog" is composed of how many morphemes?

Nonverbal communication includes all of the following except:

What is the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?

Animal vocalizations are referred to as _______________.

All of the following forces cause linguistic diversity to diminish over time except:

What other name is used to refer to AAEV today?

Which of the following is not commonly considered a subsystem of all languages?

What is a pidgin language?

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Exam 4: Communication

Which specialty of Linguistic Anthropology focuses on the analysis of different parts within a single language?

What are the various ways that culture is manifested in language?

People constantly create new words and sentences in any human language.This is known as displacement.

The study of facial expressions is part of:

All of the following characterize AAEV except:

Discuss how language is alike and different cross-culturally.

Human infants have the biological ability to make all the sounds of all human languages.

Western technical languages are more sophisticated than indigenous languages because they serve a larger population of people.

Proxemics is the study of cultural understandings of time.

Animal call systems have as many as _______ sounds.

The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis argues that:

Humans often identify other people by means of their speech patterns.

"Dog" is composed of how many morphemes?

Nonverbal communication includes all of the following except:

What is the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?

Animal vocalizations are referred to as _______________.

All of the following forces cause linguistic diversity to diminish over time except:

What other name is used to refer to AAEV today?

Which of the following is not commonly considered a subsystem of all languages?

What is a pidgin language?

What Is Anthropology and Why Should I Care

Culture Counts

Doing Cultural Anthropology

Making a Living

Economics

Marriage, Family, and Kinship

Sex and Gender

Political Organization

Stratification: Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Caste

Religion

Power, Conquest, and a World System

Globalization and Change

Anthropology Makes a Difference

Filters